Rashan Charles Protestors have gathered outside an east London police station amid heightened tensions over the recent deaths of two black men.

A vigil was held on Saturday afternoon at Stoke Newington police station, close to the scene of Friday night’s violent disorder in which riot police were pelted with fireworks and glass bottles.

Rashan Charles, 20, died after being apprehended by police in a shop in Dalston, east London, on 22 July. Video footage appears to show him swallowing a package before being restrained by a police officer.

Five weeks earlier, Edson Da Costa, 25, from East Ham – three miles from Dalston – died after contact with the police. Unanswered questions about the circumstances of both deaths have sparked violent protests.